Tornado Warning 48, NWS Fort Worth, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
821 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

AT 815 PM CDT WACO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA
FROM NORTH OF DALLAS/FORT WORTH TO JUST NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON.  A
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF BOSQUE COUNTY 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALNUT SPRINGS.
ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING
IN NORTHERN FALLS COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF MARLIN.  OTHER LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN PARTS OF
BELL...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND FALLS COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT OF ALL THE
PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONGER STROMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND NORMALLY
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG STORMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER FORMATION AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ~RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.06

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX
945 PM CDT WED MAY 2 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400PM CDT FOR BELL...BOSQUE...
CORYELL...FALLS...HILL...LIMESTONE...MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

AT 940 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES  SOUTHWEST OF CLEBURNE ACROSS THE DALLAS/FORT
WORTH METROPLEX TO NEAR SHERMAN.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN CLEBURNE AND MANSFIELD.

ELSEWHERE AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF SAN SABA TO 20
MILES WEST OF JACKSBORO.
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MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
ALSO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS AND STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
135 AM CDT THU MAY 03 1990

...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED WEST OF A BONHAM-ROCKWALL-WAXAHACHIE-HILLSBORO
LINE...

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
TEXAS TIL 7 AM...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX
...SHERMAN/BONHAM...AND DENTON AREAS. FURTHER EAST A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARIS TO CANTON AND CORSICANA.

THE MAIN THREAT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT CONTINUES
TO BE FLASH FLOODING...WITH A THREAT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE PARIS-CANTON-CORSICANA LINE.

A FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING REMAINING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
WILL BE ISSUED AT 145 AM CDT.